I was aware of the ostracism and persecution that atheism invites in a hyper-religious country like Nigeria.
I was aware of the ostracism and persecution that atheism invites in a hyper-religious country like Nigeria.
Despite Nigeria’s rich oral traditions, I daresay that the culture of producing albums in the spoken word genre remains underdeveloped.
If Nigeria ever happened to anyone, it happened to John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo (1935—2020).
I thought Nigeria’s healthcare was rotting, and then I took up a job at a General Hospital.
Chika thinks Achebe’s thought process unique. Esomnofu believes Iduma is grossly underrated.
You are becoming a version of a person okay with the passing of a father.
The average Hausa trader is voluble. Ask the price of an object in a rural market, he’ll reply, “Hundred. Do you want me to speak gaskiya?”
Rigging, you whisper. Corruption. Tribalism.
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Apropos of writing an essay on the experience of plodding through a difficult time in my life, I have been thinking about what suffering means for the artist. The process of writing that essay, as one would expect, was a dark affair layered with distress and pain. I wrote in spurts, never steadily, as both …